bullets and blasts

Gdn: Bhutto killed, riots ongoing
Ind: background
NYT: and obituary

Gdn: local-level order: guarding neighborhoods in Iraq (it's old, but good)

CSM: marry to reconcile?: businessman sponsors mass cross-sectarian wedding of Iraqis
WP: decline in violence in Iraq attributed to Iran
IHT: not Turkey

Slate: 3 possible post-surge scenarios in Iraq

CSM: pentecostals enter the fray in Rio's favelas

WP: Kenyan presidential elections - along tribal lines?
Econ: more on that
IHT: turnout reported to be very high
Ind: with allegations of vote-rigging

Econ: Fidel: how much longer will he hang on?

AP: 3 Colombian hostages may be released soon by the FARC to Chávez
LAT: the up-and-coming mafia Ndrangheta has consolidated the cocaine trade into Europe
Ind: the Escobar Zoo

WP: LBJ's plead with the pope for peace

Gdn: Lebanon still shaky

Gdn: Belgium hanging on to the union

Ind: apparent increase in "recruiting" child soldiers in the Congo

Ind: 10 ongoing humanitarian crises selected by Medecins San Frontiers

Econ: is the primary system better than the alternatives?